Statewide Enrollment Climbs for the First Time Since 1996

Last week, the Iowa Department of Education released a report that Iowa’s enrollment had its first significant enrollment increase in 17 years. The statewide enrollment increase is due in part to an upsurge in birth rates from 2003 to 2008. Birth rates spiked in 2007 but have decreased in recent years. Click here to view the full report which includes one- and five-year enrollment trends. Waukee, Des Moines and Ankeny reported the largest one-year enrollment number increases, while West Sioux, Moulton-Udell and Waukee reported the largest one-year percentage increases.